libel

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Noun

Singular libel

Plural libels

1. (countable) Libel is a false statement that damages a person's reputation in a major way.

   Did she commit libel when she called President Bush a homosexual on her website?

Verb

Plain form libel

Third-person singular libels

Past tense libeled

Past participle libeled

Present participle libeling

1. (transitive) If someone makes false statements about another person, then he libels them.

   He libeled her when he published that.